King Rama IX Park, Suan Luang, Bangkok

For reasons too convoluted to go into here we ended up returning to Bangkok staying fairly close to King Rama IX park in the Suan Luang district in the east of the city. Spent a very pleasant day wandering around the grounds of this extensive and quite varied municipal park.

Compared to Lumphini Park, which I know very well, it is much quieter, more formal in places and with possibly a greater variety of wildlife. Certainly there are some birds here that I've not seen in Lumphini. For a map of the park and plenty of information check out Nick Upton's superb website: https://www.thaibirding.com/locations/central/sluang.htm

Most productive areas were the trees and ponds at the very southern end, the boardwalk across the swamp south of the main lake (marked as Night Heron colony on Nick's map) and the more densely vegetated areas of the northern edge. A list of the birds seen follows the photos but also notable were many Common Treeshrews - a species we've only encountered a couple of times before in Thailand. Water Monitors, Variable Squirrels, Flat-tailed Geckos and Malayan Snail-eating Turtles were also easy to see. A Tokay Gecko also showed well.

Pink-necked Pigeons and Plain Prinias were particularly numerous.

Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa latirostris

Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus

Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis

Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis

Common Palmfly Elymnias hypermnestra

Flat-tailed House Gecko Hemidactylus platyurus

Pond Heron (probably Javan)

Olive-backed Sunbird nest with young Cinnyris jugularis 

Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans

Plain Prinia Prinia inornata

Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus

Tokay Gecko Gekko gecko

Variable Squirrel Callosciurus finlaysonii

Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis

Feral Pigeon
Red Collared Dove
Spotted Dove
Zebra Dove
Pink-necked Pigeon
Asian Koel
Plaintive Cuckoo
Germain's Swiftlet
House Swift
Asian Palm-Swift
White-breasted Waterhen
Asian Openbill
Yellow Bittern
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
pond heron sp.
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Indian Roller
Coppersmith Barbet
Common Iora
Brown Shrike
Black-naped Oriole
Black Drongo
Malaysian Pied-Fantail
Large-billed Crow
Yellow-vented Bulbul
Streak-eared Bulbul
Yellow-browed Warbler
Common Tailorbird
Plain Prinia
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Asian Pied Starling
Common Myna
Great Myna
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
Brown-throated Sunbird
Olive-backed Sunbird
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Paddyfield Pipit
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Scaly-breasted Munia